Photo by Craig Thoburn
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Author, prize-winning playwright and award-winning historian Meredith Bean McMath is the Managing Director of Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. and Run Rabbit Run Theatre. With over 20 years experience in directing and producing, McMath's Loudoun County, Virginia company has won critical acclaim for its high caliber comedies, dramas and musicals.
She wrote the book adaptations of the critically acclaimed musical, Once Upon A Christmas Carol, and A Musical Little Women. Original works include the dramas, Case 22 and All for the Union which appeared at 2010 and 2019 Capital Fringe Festival, the prize winning 10-minute play, Sticks and Stones, and wrote the concept and libretto and worked with Composer David E. Chavez to create NORTON: A Civil War Opera. Further creative work includes comic adaptations, history documentaries, and historical programming for museums and preservation organizations such as The National Museum of American History, The Newseum, and the Lincoln Preservation Foundation. McMath is also a published author and freelance writer, been Marketing Director for several organizations and served on the Board of Directors for museums, arts organizations and theatre companies. |
"An Afternoon with the Caldwells: the Junior Abolitionist Society" commissioned by The National Museum of American History for the "Within These Walls" Exhibit. Singers Valerie Konur and Melike Konur, 2nd and third from left.
COMING IN 2020
Co-Directed by Meredith Bean McMath and Gregory Stuart
Music by Diane El-Shafey, Accompaniment by Carma Jones, Book Adaptation by Meredith Bean McMath
ARTICLES ABOUT McMATH...
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CURRENT SERVICE Marketing Director and Board member for VSA - Loudoun, the nonprofit organization dedicated to providing arts and theatre arts opportunities for the disabled and their families. Former Service: Marketing Director and Board Member - Loudoun Lyric Opera; Board of Directors member - Loudoun Arts Council and the Loudoun Youth Initiative; Member - Leesburg Performing Arts Center Economic Task Force; Region IVb Grant Panelist - Virginia Commission for the Arts; Theatre Judge - Loudoun Arts Council's Gale Waldron Excellence in the Arts awards. EDUCATION
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In this July 2018 interview, Nancy Wyatt of My Persuasive Presentations takes a close look at Run Rabbit Run Theatre and McMath's work:
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."